Airey v. Feliciano

Summary

The court held that a petition signature signed by a purported agent was invalid because the record did not establish a valid power of attorney or authority encompassing political petitions, and that the entire petition sheet had to be rejected. It further held that five competing petition sheets lacking the required signature tallies could not be saved by substantial compliance because the statutory requirement was mandatory and plainly required rejection. The judgment was therefore affirmed in part and reversed in part, leaving both slates below the signature threshold and remanding for further proceedings concerning the primary.